Stephen Totilo

Here is a video game soldier, rifle in hands, taking cover. A helicopter explodes behind him. The word "intense" might describe this scene from the TV commercial for the new shooter Spec Ops: The Line, but "unique"?

The unsolicited point here is not to beat up on IGN, whose quote may well suit the sandstorm-filled Spec Ops, but to observe a common issue with video games and the people who try to sell them to us: if you want us to believe something is unique, show us something that is unique. Exploding helicopters don't qualify.